(5/27/2020): Yeah, like I said. This fanfic is kinda stupid and flawed, incredibly so.
The OC is cynical like Hikigaya Hachiman from OreGairu. It's like now my every OC is cynical, dunno why. I just think characters like Hikigaya Hachiman are pretty amusing and enjoyable to read. So here ya go, the second chapter.
Chapter 2.1:
"Chains of Past, Redemption"
The past.
Things that already happened at some point of time before present.
The past isn't all good, there are also some bad things happening as well. There's a lot of it, some related to your mistakes, some related to people involving you, some related to your family and some related to an acquaintance.
Sometimes, the past's events are so nightmarish created through their mistakes one wouldn't want to repeat it. The would try everything in their power to not do the same thing as they did but what they'll do isn't that much difference because it will always end up being mistakes as well. People don't understand that what they did in the past isn't what matters the most and that we all need to learn from our mistakes. And mistakes are in many forms, people need to do the right thing.
What is the right thing, actually?
It's pretty simple.
Simply don't relate the situation to one's past because that will only elicit them to do something that would not make much difference. Mistakes exist because we need to learn from it and if there's anything one learn from it, it's that not to do mistakes. I'm not referring to not to do the same mistakes, I'm saying not do the mistakes.
The right thing is redemption, forget your past.
Don't let it be your source of motivation because it will ruin you.
One way or another, it will ruin you.
You need to move on and you need to be strong.
Because one day, there will be something that will give you a reason to live on without being chained to the past.
Don't compare what you have now to what you had in the past, you will end up making mistakes.
Everyone makes mistakes but even then, there are times one mustn't make mistakes.
Lose what you have now, there are likely to be high chances that you won't have the same thing in the future.
Redemption, think what's best for you and for the ones you care. Find another reason to live other than the past–no. Find another reason to live that's not the past because you won't know, you'll be surprised. Perhaps you'll find something that is better than being chain to past, it will be.
For me, my redemption is to find that something.
For something genuine.
You know, fate is an asshole.
I didn't say that as a joke or anything along the lines–I'm actually being serious here.
It has this twisted pleasure of bringing certain people into misfortune, it likes to see people suffer under the pressure of everyday life and some other things related to it. So when I got into the shinobi side of the famous Hanzo Prestigious Academy, I knew everything would go upside down the moment I would get introduced to the Hanzo girls; Asuka-senpai, Katsuragi-senpai, Ikaruga-senpai, Hibari and Yagyu. It's like fate is forcing me to interact with them because it finds it to be funny and entertaining.
If I ever found you, fate, I'll make sure I'll kick your ass thoroughly.
Now, it's only been, what, two weeks ever since I went here? Things that happened weren't really a big deal except the one where I have shared Asuka-senpai's bento of futomaki rolls the day after I got transferred and some other things in which I sometimes got carried away and shared my cynical thoughts. Kami-sama, did it feel like we were couples enjoying the girlfriend's homemade bento (Asuka-senpai's futomaki rolls were good, unexpectedly) and it felt really awkward since we didn't really talk much. Days after that were pretty mundane (which is an a-okay for me!), even Katsuragi-senpai the groping girl didn't try to do any funny business with me. But I did talk to them though. They occasionally tried to have a conversation with me and despite having to give up their youth earlier than me, they have a killer social skill.
They were really going to kill me with their social skills–no kidding. And here I thought the girls would stutter and try their hardest to accumulate words on their mouths, sheesh. I was wrong, far off that frickin' mark. It turns out the roles were reversed as I was the one who is struggling to keep up with them, they're that good.
Hibari, despite being quiet like you were when you first met me, after we got reacquainted you could've murder me like the pathetic loner I am with how easily you converse.
Just thinking about how well-versed they are in talking made me shudder. I was a normal guy who had normal friends back in my previous life and look what I become right now; a loner with zero social skills. And these girls don't really talk much to other people besides themselves and their sensei, how come are they this good?
Damn, ironic is one way to put it.
Also, sometimes my cynical mind made me say things that could've been dangerous but luckily, it didn't do anything to them (hopefully).
Well, that happened but there was nothing too much occurring thankfully (aside from getting my ass handed when I trained with the girls, Katsuragi-senpai's hits were really painful (T-T). I can't even catch a break, it really hurts damn it). Which is why I woke up the next morning on my second week of shinobi education in total excitement, I thought this whole week would be very peaceful and I could actually do my job as a Plot Protector properly now that my relationships with the girls are platonic and that I'm just this one guy who is in the background in their screen time.
When I opened my eyes, I was filled with brim and energy–oh, yeah! I was so ready to start the day, I really am.
But then this happened...
"Hmm..." I blinked, hearing an unfamiliar voice belonging to a certain pink-haired shinobi student. "Satou-kun..."
What is this?
Why do I feel dread?
What is with this development?
It's like a harem mishap is going to happen!
Alright, alright!
Ochitsukete, ore. (Relax, me.)
Kangaero. (Think.)
What should I do?
What should I really do?
I gulped, "Seeing her might help me." A bead of sweat made its way to my cheeks, the tension was real fam. "Here I go..." I turned around and I was right, my vision was met with the sight of Hibari sleeping peacefully beside me, on my bed with her pink pajama that has her button–Hesus Suraisu! (Jesus Christ!) "Y-You gotta be kidding me..."
Two buttons on her shirt, right on her ample chest were undone. How, maybe because her breasts were too big the button undone itself or that the shirt's stretched due to her sleeping position and caused the buttons to be undone. I don't know how or why but that sounds quite logical, perhaps anime had affected me more ways than a few.
And since her buttons were undone, her cleavage was in full view. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This is the fuckin' fanservice scene, I'm pretty sure someone would be licking on their screen right now seeing such glorious sight!
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
Calm down!
Calm the hell down, SATOU!
D-Don't let it consume you, think Hibari as a child! Yes, a child! A loli with big boobs! Haha! Yeah!
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I just made it worst, goddamit!
I need to use my full ability to hide this inappropriate scene! Satou-sama will use his trump card that would defeat anything–even fanservice scenes! No amount of harem mishaps can stop what I'll do right now, I WILL avoid the typical harem scene!
I gritted my teeth, "Yosh, let's do it." I said and smiled, hands slowly went towards Hibari's chest as I buttoned up her shirt. "Come on..." I said as I buttoned her up, one more to go! "Come on, don't fail me now Mob Arts...!" I whispered harshly as I managed to button her up without causing any problem.
I retracted back and let out relieved and hushed sigh. Thank goodness nothing happened, I'm really glad nothing did as I'm no protagonist.
As I was done, I placed my hands on Hibari's shoulders and gently shook it. "Hibari, Hibari." I called.
Her eyes slowly opened, blinking a few times as she looks at me, "Ah, it's Satou-kun..." She sat up and then rubbed her eyes, "Oh, Hibari slept with Satou-kun."
I smiled, "Um, Hibari? How did you end up on my bed?" I asked, tilting my head and showed her the nicest smile I could muster.
"Eh...?" She looks at me, eyes were still sleepy. "Ah..." She understands my question, I guess being just awake must've slowed her thinking process. "Hibari was going to the toilet last night but Hibari got lost. Then Hibari saw Satou-kun's room and Satou-kun was sleeping peacefully, it looked so comfy Hibari decided to sleep with Satou-kun..." She yawned and I just let out a quiet sigh. "Oyasumi~ (Good night~)" She said as she went back to sleep.
Oi, oi.
Are you serious?
"Um, Hibari. I think you need to go back to your room." I said but she already dozed off, "Damn, she's a fast sleeper."
Wait a minute, Hibari is here right? This bad feeling I felt earlier...what could it poss-hah!
Y-Yagyu!
"Shit, shit, shit, shit!" I cursed as I sat up straight, "I bet she's looking for Hibari now!" I gulped and ponder deeply, "If she found her here in my room..." I imagine her approaching me with a knife and the look on her face was akin to that of a yandere finding her first obstacle to remove. That cause a shudder to run up on my spine, "W-What should I do? A-At this rate, she's going to kill me..."
"Hm..." Eh?
Chotto matte (Wait a minute), whose voice is that? That wasn't Hibari's, hers were more of a cutesy tone and this one came from a tougher tone. Almost immediately, that bad feeling I had altogether disappeared for reasons I don't know and I slowly turned my head towards on my left where the voice was coming from. I was shaking like crazy at this point! I swear, this is like a horror movie now!
The color on my face drowns once I saw who was beside me.
It was Yagyu...
HUOOOOOOOOOOO!
"Y-Yagyu..." I muttered under my breath, too shocked to see how she was able to sleep so comfortably and peacefully beside someone who is not Hibari. "Mazui (This is bad)..."
Why the heck is she doing here? What good reason does she have to be able to sleep so peacefully by my side as if it was a natural thing? Hm, I think we as first years had something to do with it? I mean, all of us here are the freshmen of the shinobi program. But I doubt that's the reason and I don't think Yagyu has the same reason as Hibari. Perhaps Hibari being here is her reason?
Regardless, I'm surprise they can fit on this one bed. I sure hope they didn't snoop around the things in my room though, that would be disastrous. There are things here that I don't want them to find like my otaku stash and the figurines I've bought. I made sure to hide them on secret spots and this room doesn't have much secret spot so it was hard to find.
"What time even is it?" I asked myself and looked at the alarm clock to my right, "Eh? It's 3 in the morning? It's still very early?" I looked at the both of them, sleeping rather peacefully on a boy's bedroom. "In any case, I need to slip away like a snake...Mob Art: Slippery Slip-Slip." I smiled triumphantly as I quietly and quickly slip my hands and my body away smoothly like a snake crawling between grasses until two powerful grip hold on to me, "Eh?" Just as I was about to get up, I was pulled back down harshly by those two grips feeling the soft and plump surface of my bed, bouncing a bit as I did so.
What the hell just happened!?
I blinked and look below, seeing two hands slowly loosening the tight grip on the hem of my precious pajama before spreading across and grab a hold to my sides. It was from both Hibari and Yagyu! They both were hugging my body and wouldn't let go! W-What should I do!?
"I-I'll have to keep my eyes peeled in case this gets out of hand..." I said and opened my eyes as wide as I can, feeling all the motivation and determination energizing me up!
Ha!
I will NOT become a harem protagonist!
General P.O.V
Literally seconds later,
Both Hibari and Yagyu were sleeping with soft breaths displaying they're enjoy the warmth they had got from Satou. However, on the other hand, said guy was...
"Zzzz..."
...he's sleeping rather too peacefully while snoring, perhaps the mental exhaustion he received merely from Hibari's sleeping position made him tired without him noticing it. Also, the actions he had to take to ensure that he is indeed, an unrelatable mob to the cast of Senran Kagura.
"Satou-kun, wake up! It's six in the morning!" I heard my waifu Megumin waking me up, I groggily sat up and let out a yawn. "If you don't wake up, I'll cast explosion!"
My eyes weren't really opened and I tried to reach my hands towards the phone to my right. As I did so, my hand somehow grabbed on to something different and instinctively, I caressed it. With closed eyes, I frowned at the different sensation before I opened my eyes to see my hand was caressing an awaken Yagyu's cheeks. She looks at me with a blank look on her face but I noticed her cheeks were rosy colored. I blinked and then frowned, continuing to caress her cheeks before my eyes widen.
"Gah!" I recoiled back in shock, dreading at the beating that's to come. "Y-Yagyu..."
"Good morning." She said that rather monotonously!
I gulped, "O-Oh, good morning..." I smiled and tried to think of ways to calm her down. Mob Art: Calm Converse. "I'm sorry about that, I was only trying to reach for my phone..."
Please don't hit me, Yagyu...
"No, it's okay." It is!? "Here, I was trying to hand your phone but you surprised me when you touched me." That sounded weird! Don't say it like that, it'll cause misunderstandings! "And I'm...also sorry if I and Hibari caused any discomfort when we slept here. I was trying to get her back to her room but she refused and I had to sleep here to ensure...nothing happens."
I gulped again, so you're going to do something if I did something to her? "Y-Yeah, thanks for that." I took the phone, telling Megumin I already woke up and internally sighed in relief, "By the way, what are you still doing here?"
"I'm here to thank you for not kicking us out." She smiled, I raised my eyebrows at seeing such attractive smile on a kuudere/dandere character like her. "I'm sure you're awake at some point, right?"
"Right." I nodded, sighing.
"Hibari is in a good mood when she woke up earlier, I can't thank you enough." Oh, is she now? "If there's anything I could do to repay this, please don't hesitate to ask."
I nodded, "Got it."
"I will be on my way now." She said, standing up and walked away. "And it was really nice..."
"Hm?" I tilted my head, "What is?"
"N-Nothing." She closed the door and I was just there, dumbfounded.
Did I just raised a flag with Yagyu? Unintentionally, without me really noticing all this time until that last part where she commented, seemingly enjoyed me caressing her cheeks? I-Is she really that gullible though!? Of all the Hanzo girls!?
Majikayo!? (For real!?)
"Why did that happened?" I blinked then frowned, "Or rather, why did I fell asleep!? I was supposed to watch them! Why did this happened!? I didn't even care if they saw my waifu Megumin and my hobby anymore! Why has Mob Arts failed me!? Void-sama, forgive me! I have failed you once again!"
Yagyu watches over both Hibari and Satou. The first was sleeping rather comfortably while the second seemed to have frown, perhaps experiencing a bad dream of some sorts. Yagyu has gone out to find Hibari, her roommate who disappeared in the dead of the night when she was checking up on her. She was extremely worried, she thought some skilled, professional evil shinobi may have infiltrated the Hanzo premise without her or anyone noticing. She quickly tried to find her only to witness Hibari sleeping with an ignorant Satou.
She wanted to kill him but it wasn't his fault Hibari slept in.
Hibari must've gone to the bathroom and got lost on the way back, finding Satou's room and concluded her day by sleeping with him.
So Yagyu couldn't fault him, he didn't know anything.
"Um, can I help you?"
"Yagyu."
"I'm sorry, what?"
"My name is Yagyu."
Would she really fault him? Or kill him?
Somehow, those questions stings her.
He was not like every boy she had seen, always try their best to have enjoyment in their youth, have things to do, have girls to impress, have friends to hang out with and have lives lit up in their eyes. But he wasn't like any of them, he was really different. Instead, his eyes reminded her of her own; he had given up on many things in his life–youth seemingly one of them. After what happened to her little sister, she found out she had given up on many things that concerns herself but unlike Satou, Hibari was there to fill up her life. She needed to protect her, to provide her, to shelter her, to keep her the same and untainted by the cruelty of the world.
"Right, Yagyu. My name is Karasawa Satou."
"Hm. Satou, stay away from Hibari and we'll be fine."
The day she met and introduced herself to him merely because Hibari wants her too left a greater impact on her than anything she experienced in her life–except for the loss of her little sister. He had witness the scene where Yagyu tried to make Hibari gave up on her dream of becoming a shinobi and insisted on it so she could protect Hibari from any danger. He seemed to have something to say about that.
"Are you for real...?"
"Yes."
First of all, Satou is a loner, he had told all of them about that during their lunch. How he was isolated by his peers in his time in elementary and junior high merely because he had a somewhat "strange" hobby. Because he was a loner, one could assume he has cynical and pessimistic views on things.
And he does, actually.
What he said made her realize something.
"I won't tell you how to live your life but don't you think telling people something like that is really unfair? Hibari's her own person, please don't mistake her for someone else. She wanted to be a shinobi–a great one and you can't even respect that?"
He spoke of things that really struck a chord in her, the actual truth.
"I don't know what happened to you but as an acquaintance, I advise you to move on from the past. What's happened, happened. You don't change it or regret it, you learn from it."
"Like you know what happened to me."
She snarled at him, she was really angry. But she couldn't bring herself to stop him, to make his stop.
Because what he said is the truth, he had seen her and judging by his expression on his face at the time, he was annoyed.
"I don't and that's precisely why you should stop sticking to the past. It will keep haunting you until you move on and find a redemption. Hibari isn't a redemption, you're just sticking to the past and making sure you wouldn't do the same thing by doing what you did in the past. You need to stop."
"S-Shu-"
"I won't shut up. We just met and you get me riled up."
At first, she saw him as any other boys out there who are insensitive, immature and ignorant to the ways of the world. However, during her first meeting with him, he proved to be far different in both respective bad and good. His cynical mindset must've been his key to live a life free from binds–all kinds of binds. He was able to falter Yagyu's cold and cool defenses as if they were nothing, he was scary but he was also admirable. He saw through her in her first meeting with him, a feat done not by any normal person.
"The reason to live is not by sticking to your past, it's by thinking of both the present and your future. Don't cage Hibari because of your past, be supportive otherwise, you'll only contradict what you said. Being hypocritical is good, if you realized it one day but it seems you don't. Snap out and live the life you wanted, what your loves one wanted. I'm sure they want you to move on."
It seems he had calm down after saying that as if he realized something though Yagyu didn't know what it is. After that, he turns around and walked away slowly.
"Remember that, Yagyu."
She witness his retreating figure, eyes wide after receiving an astronomical amount of shock weighted in the sentences he said. He really struck her, he really snapped her out of it, he really managed to destroy her composure and her cold front; revealing her timid, insecure self.
From that point on, she respected him greatly and didn't go against Hibari's wish of becoming a great shinobi but instead, she became more supportive of that idea. More so she improved her relationship with Hibari and it was all thanks to this...strange boy who sometimes act strange and barely gave long replies but then cynical and gave quite the long, philosophical replies. Sometimes, Yagyu wondered what he actually sees them as. It's like he didn't are what they thought of him even though they all (sans for Yagyu) wanted to be friends with him, even the ever-so-strict Ikaruga.
And so, Yagyu thought; 'Who really are you?'
After that, Yagyu lied down taking on the other side of his body and closed her eyes.
She didn't know what she was feeling at the time but when she woke up, she felt incredibly refreshed and flustered because of what Satou did to her.
I slid open the door to our classroom and I was greeted with the usual sight of the Hanzo girls sitting on their seats. "Good morning." I greeted them all.
"Good morning, Satou-kun." Asuka-senpai greeted with a warming smile that always calms me down.
"Yo, good mornin' Satou." Katsuragi-senpai greeted with her usual style with a...different grin? Huh, perhaps something good happened to her.
"Good morning to you too, Satou-san." Ah, Ikaruga-senpai has always been greeting me in polite and proper etiquette. The same goes to how she refers to me.
"Good morning, Satou-kun!" Hibari greeted me energetically, I merely smiled. Her energy level this day is in a whole new level, I feel like an older brother watching over his little sister whom is in a brighter mood.
"Good morning." Yagyu...actually greeted me, huh?
Is she really that gullible?
I nodded in acknowledgement and went to my seat which is the furthest one away from the girls. They didn't seem to mind it and I don't too, I need to remain as an anonymous guy who's only in the background. The part I should only appear is maybe when Hanzo Academy is infiltrated by the Hebijo girls and I will be the one to tell them that news. Then, I'll disappear altogether and just maybe got my ass beaten up easily. I'll remain motionless on the ground until the Hebijo girls retreated.
That's the best role I could take, not being the center.
And Yagyu becoming more...attracted to me also isn't the role I should take. I need to get her to dislike me somehow...! Or should I rely on the suspension bridge effect?
"Hey, big man." Suddenly, a hand went over my shoulder and nape as a weight pulls me down a bit. "I heard you slept with Hibari and Yagyu last night."
My eyes widened, "Eh? H-How'd you know that, Katsuragi-senpai?"
A perverted grin appeared on Katsuragi-senpai's face and it's a bad sign, "Hibari told me how comfortable your body are to use as a body pillow and it seems Yagyu also likes it as well." Her grin widens, "I want you to tell me how their body felt like. Did you "accidentally" grabbed their boobs? Or any certain areas?"
Heat rushed to my cheeks once I remembered the part where I accidentally caressed Yagyu's cheeks. I don't know why that memory is stuck and came out at this very moment when I witness Hibari's cleavage before that–perhaps it's because Yagyu's gullible sight and smile surprised me. And that I always had a thing for quiet girls, like in my past life...
"I didn't do any of that." I told her while maintaining a poker face.
"Oh, come on! You're a guy, you should do it!"
Are you sure you're even a girl right now, Katsuragi-senpai? Because you sound like a perverted old man–oops, sorry. You already are.
"Katsuragi-san, stop bothering Satou-san. Don't you see he's very uncomfortable?" Yeah, you tell her Ikaruga-senpai! "It hasn't been long since he transferred here. Shouldn't you be considerate with your kouhai, Katsuragi-san?"
The girls all nodded in agreement, even Yagyu.
"Alright, alright! Sheesh, always ruin the mood aren't ya, Ikaruga?" Katsuragi-senpai stood away from me and made an unimpressed pose.
"And you need to always control yourself, Katsuragi-san. You always grope Asuka-san on daily basis." You got that right! Tell her more!
Then a grin appeared back on Katsuragi-senpai's face, "Well, can't help it! Boobs are life, boobs are heaven! I will never give up on groping."
Oh, how you would get along very well with Hyoudou Issei [1].
"Katsu-nee!" Asuka yelled in discomfort at her statement.
Ikaruga merely shook her head and I just sighed. Guess she can't really change now, can she?
I prepared myself for another smoke bomb and poof, Kiriya-sensei caught the girls off guard while I pretended to got caught off guard as well. We all cough at the excessive amount of smokes Kiriya-sensei always seem to put in on his smoke bombs as he appeared with a smile.
"Good morning, girls." Then he looked at me, "And boy as well." His smile widened, he's in a good mood it seems. "Let's get class started then."
Chapter 2.2:
"Bonds, Real Relationships"
Relationships.
I've noticed how relationships in reality works nowadays.
Created through either or from all lust, pride, boredom and half-hearted feelings.
They say "feelings" solves things but is it really?
Fairytale and reality are very different and unlike most fictions which usually based on reality, fairytale tend to exaggerate the ideals to make it something magical, something to "believe" in. This is why they are called as "fairytale" because it sounds so idealistic and unrealistic it pretty much came from magical, miracle things like fairies and gnomes. Thus, "fairytale" came into existence.
So when you see fairytale and reality in different screens, you can clearly see how they differ very much.
It's like comparing perfection to imperfection.
Like I said, I always find beauty in imperfection because it resembles us as humans.
We're are all flawed beings.
Always make mistakes.
So, how can one relationship works in a cruel reality like ours?
It's simple actually.
When one creates a relationship, it needs to be because of their feelings that aren't half-hearted and a lot of things. Effort, passion and love, that was all it needed and I'll tell you right now, most relationships nowadays don't have one of those qualities.
Sometimes it could be created through their addiction to sex, sometimes it's because they think it's fun, usually it's for the sake of having a lover–for their pride and most of the times, their feelings aren't fully conveyed as they do it without much care. It's very superficial and if there's one thing I really hate, it's superficial.
What I had with my girlfriend back then, I don't know what it was. I thought it was superficial but I had gone all of my way to change her back into a normal human being–effort. We both wanted a relationship and we do what we had to in order to maintain what we had and improve upon it–passion. One day, I finally came to love her and we became actual couples who really loved each other to the point of we met our parents–love.
So that begs the question, what is true love?
Is it also something I'm searching for?
Was what I had actually the thing I've been searching for?
I don't know and I won't know if I just sit down, doing nothing.
So I kept searching for that genuine something.
(Warning, a certain character might seem OoC here. I will try my best to make that person stay in character as much as I can.)
The rest of the day was going usual as it was, Kiriya teaching lessons, Katsuragi dozing off, Asuka got her breasts groped, Ikaruga being strict on me, Hibari and Yagyu grouped together and I got my ass handed during the training lessons–both hand-to-hand combat and armed combat.
Suffice to say, I think I rather like this schedule well.
I did not get ostracize, called names and have my hobby insulted real bad. Although I got a beating here, at least it's for a valid reason and cannot be called as an abuse. Plus, I had fun fighting skilled Shinobi like Katsuragi and Ikaruga as well as Yagyu. They were considerate enough to go easy on me since I'm a novice (except for the first one) though today, Yagyu were softer than she was when we sparred. I think I know the reason.
It was already close to night and the sun was setting, I was walking back to my room in a really wobbly manner as I was very tired from getting myself beat up by Katsuragi. I swear, she's like a sadist when it comes to training, her punches really knock the shock off of me. I think she needs to be scolded to hold her punches a bit, I'm not like Asuka and Hibari whom could hold themselves better than me.
I entered my room and went to the bathroom, proceeding to take off my clothes and put them in the washing machine. Putting in some detergent and add some water, I slipped my boxers off and also put it in. I switched on the washing machine and let it do its job while I take a hot nice shower. I entered the shower room and open the tap, letting the hot water wash down the sweats accumulated on my body after all that exercise. I let out a sigh of pleasure as the water run down on my body, the hot sensation tickled every parts of my body.
Since at night would where the temperature considerably drop, it's only natural I would take a hot bath despite having to work out my body until I sweat quite a lot. Also, I don't usually do this kind of showering since I usually shower by sitting and washing my whole body with a water hose. This is just for today since I'm tired, really much so.
I applied the soap to my body, the sweet scent of peach overwhelms every other smell available for now. I also made sure to use my loofah to wash my back since there's no one else here to wash it. Once I applied the soap, next would be rubbing the shampoo on my hair. For tonight, the shampoo wouldn't be the same one that gave out a very vague men-like smell–no. Tonight, I will use the shampoo with a smell that defeats even the soap's scent. It was actually a shampoo I've bought recently that has a smell of apple and oh, how I really love the smell of apples!
Plus, it also has cooling affect!
Ohoho, I'm going to sleep really well this night!
Once I was done with it, I let the water wash all the foams away and I was overcome with the sensation of bliss. The foams were bubbling by the hot water and it felt really good. My head at first felt warm but was replaced by coldness due to the shampoo's affect and the pleasure it brings is just...overwhelming. It was a feeling I could ever only receive once in a few months.
I closed the water showering tap and dried my hair with my towel, the air became cold which meant night had already arrived. I must've enjoyed my showering a bit too much. Well, at least I didn't use the bathtub this time since it would take nearly three hours for me to finish bathing. That's how I really enjoy my showering, I may be normal-looking but I can be weird sometimes.
I got out and proceeded to brush my teeth and put my washed clothes into the drying part of the machine. I entered back my room and I went to the closet, taking out a pair of boxers and my pajama. Rubber ducks with dark-blue background color is godly, don't argue. I put it all on and it was safe to say I'm much, much, much, much more comfortable than my usual days. This night, I'm really feeling good and in a very good mood.
I switched on my TV and my console, placing in a dating sim disk and played it until my sleep time arrived. Once it arrived, I saved the game and closed down the TV and the console, placing back my wireless controller on top of the console, locking the door so Hibari won't barge in anymore and slip under the warm covers of my soft blanket. However, I had forgotten about something and quickly made my way to the bathroom, taking out my dried clothes (not really) and hanged them on a hanger with a fan to dry them up properly or they'll smell in the morning. With a sigh of relief, I went back to my bed with a big smile on my face, drifting off to a dreamland where I'll be a pink blob that could use the powers of those who it ate, saving the world from a tyrannical king or so I thought he was [2]...
Another day where not much happened besides the thing where Hibari and Yagyu came in.
I just hope the next day would be different...
The sliding doors to Satou's room was locked, nobody could get in unless they break it and only thieves would break into someone's room, whether it be a normal thief or a underwear thief. Thankfully, that stopped anyone from ever doing anything stupid so Satou's idea was working...or so one thought.
That night, a silhouette appeared on his windows with a visible grin on its face. It tiptoed into his room, peering into anything that might interest it but unluckily, there weren't anything that would appeal it except for a certain sleeping Satou who had a smile on his face. He looked so peaceful in his sleep he didn't realize someone was infiltrating his domains, the silhouette merely grin wider at the thought of a defenseless Satou. However, that would be too much as it has one idea it got from certain people.
Slowly, the silhouette made its way to Satou's bed which was illuminated dimly by the bright and beautiful Moon. As the silhouette crept slowly, the light reveal its feminine hands in a form of a claw as if it was a predator about to pounce on its prey. Then finally, the perpetrator revealed itself to be a grinning Katsuragi who looks so mischievous it seemed she was planning on making the greatest prank ever on the only male shinobi of Hanzo.
She drop down on all fours as she climbed onto his bed, making her way towards him rather seductively with how she crawled and how she swayed her hips side-to-side, showing her curvy and mature body. She already made sure she took a bath so she wouldn't reek of ramen, he might be surprised by the new fragrance entering his nostrils. She would laugh at seeing his flustered face, he would be the same as many hormonal boys out there who would get excited over a girl sharing a bed.
But she didn't expected what was to come.
As she look over Satou above him with that grin she always had when she gropes Asuka, she slipped onto his blankets which actually felt really comfortable with how cold the night was in Japan. The warmness was just right and the softness was perfect, it seems Satou has a lot of an idea on how to have a proper and good sleep.
She moved her hands to his figure, planning on to hug him only to be surprised by Satou's sudden movement that caught her off guard. He wrapped his arm around her and coiled his left leg on her lower body, his feet was surprisingly cold and his arm was surprisingly warm. As if that wasn't enough, he brought her close to his chest. Her eyes were as wide as it could be, she was really surprised by his sudden action. She lifted her head up to see he still had his eyes closed.
"Come here you...godly duck..."
Ah, so he was just sleepwalking.
She had expected much since this was Satou, the one guy who didn't take advantage of a situation where Hibari and Yagyu slept with him.
While he had caught her off guard, she wasn't flustered. This wasn't enough to falter the defenses of a girl who grope breasts on a daily basis! Nay!
She smirked confidently as she thought she could resist the charm of guys until the sweet scent of apple wafts into her nose. Her eyes widened even more, the smell...was coming from his hair! Such smell was preposterous for a guy! Usually, the smell of his hair would be that of a men's shampoo which was vague but this was close to a women's. Perhaps a unisex shampoo, if it existed?
She didn't know.
All she know is that the smell was stirring something up inside of her.
Something...different.
She took cover from a powerful blow Satou gave by snuggling her face deeper onto his chest area only to fall for a prepared trap. The smell of the apple was still there but there was another smell that overwhelms it due to the distance. The smell of peach, very fresh and very strong. The scent was coming from his body, a peach-themed soap!
She gulped, heat finally rushes to her cheeks once she took a good look at how...Satou can be very appealing.
He was the first guy to ever properly interact with her like a friend, he was actually the only close male friend of hers. When they talk, Katsuragi had a feeling Satou understood her more than how her fellow female shinobi would. Like he knows about her much more than others. At first, she thought he understood her as fellow perverts and the chemistry between them were merely as perverted partners in crime. But it seems she misunderstood that because what she felt at the time wasn't the feeling of companionship or dynamic duo–no. What she felt is different, she was attracted to him as a person or maybe...even as a lover as well.
Yet, despite being a very approachable guy, he said he never had anyone to call actual friends other than them all which was weird. He was very nice, he way of talking is not rude nor polite, he was pretty normal and sometimes, it's very amusing to see how he talks with that cynical brain of his. But he was ostracized and isolated merely he had an interest and developed hobby to watch and collect things relating to animes, mangas and light novels. Although he said he'd stop that altogether, deep down she knew he lied about it. Perhaps he lied because he would lose them if he told them he still love those things.
He was a loner, a loner shaped by his surroundings.
She noticed Satou can barely give long replies, showing how he isn't very well-verse in conversation. His answer was short and simple, it was the same as what he had told them about him used to be an otaku. It was short, simple and yet, it sounds so depressing. But when his cynical mind put on show, his words work wonders that sometimes, it sounds very nihilistic. He would talk how friendship nowadays are shallow, how society can be so corrupted, how youth is evil and how he was left alone because he merely had some strange qualities. Just what did he do to deserve isolation from his peers?
Quickly, Katsuragi realized how her prank now was something really uncalled for since he was a loner. She would give him a different idea about how she approached him, this will end up disastrously. She needed to get out of here quickly before he would realize it and get angry as well as sad about this whole thing. This is really insensitive, he was a loner with a sensitive heart and he still hasn't built enough resistance to survive a rejection. At least she thought he was.
However, once Katsuragi lifted her head up, she was so close to his face her blush deepens. Her lips quivered as her breath was taken away, the impact he left to her was so strong she hadn't realized it. She stared at him for a good few seconds, too shocked and too dumbfounded to process just how close their faces were. Then, her eyes trailed on his lips which somehow looks...really appealing.
"Hey, so you're Satou?"
"Yes, that's me?"
"Why do you sound unsure?"
"Why do you use my first name when we just met?"
She wanted to taste it, she didn't know why.
It hasn't be really that long she had met Satou but...something about him just spells out special despite not having any special qualities available aside from the so-called "bad" things. He looked so normal and yet, he wasn't like any kind of guy. When they sparred, he didn't hold back on hitting her which riled her up even more with how aggressive he is.
"Hahahahaha! I like you!"
"Yeah?"
"My name is Katsuragi, you can just call me Katsu-nee."
"Okay, Katsuragi-senpai. Nice to meet you."
"Hehehe, you sure know how to sound sarcastic. So who are you aiming?"
"Excuse me?"
Had he always been like this?
So different than any boys she'd seen, so attractive even if his appearance doesn't justify it, so wonderful as a person, so genuine...?
The same Satou whom she didn't even hesitate to invade his private space?
The Satou who wouldn't dare to lay a hand or make a move on one of them?
That Satou?
"You know, for a girlfriend?"
"Sorry, but I'm not interested in dating for now."
"Then for future reference?"
"...I think you need to learn how relationship works, Katsuragi-senpai. It isn't just as easy as choose and pick."
She didn't know but she wanted to know.
She wanted to know really bad.
She closed in the distance between their faces, their lips drawing closer by every distance and seconds covered. Her heartbeat was racing, her cheeks flushes even more and her eyes waited in anticipation for that moment. The first kiss, the first kiss which would be shared under the moon.
"Relationships–genuine relationships aren't easy to come by. Unlike how relationships nowadays work, a genuine relationship isn't powered by lust, pride, half-hearted feelings or boredom. It is supposed to be created by two people who shared the same feeling through effort, passion and yes, love. All the teenagers I see now building a relationship through a sense of self-value, hormonal drives and "fun". When you think about it, isn't it shallow?"
"That's...too cynical, and you're telling it to someone you just met?"
"Well, we're going to be together attending the same class for a considerable amount of time. Is it a harm being a bit honest with how I feel?"
"Is it harm being honest with your carnal desires?"
"..."
"..."
"Yes."
Stop.
She stopped.
She backed away.
That's right.
It's a first kiss, it should be shared.
Not one-sidedly forcing it.
She didn't know what he felt and it is very unlikely he felt the same way. When she shares her first kiss, she wants it to be a real first kiss. Both people must have the same intention, both people must share the same effort, both must share the same passion and yes, both must have the same feeling.
She grinned and back away, slowly slipping away from his grasp. "Alright, you win big guy. I'll do my best from now on." Her grin widens, "Heh, no wonder Yagyu seemed a bit different today. Something must've happened. Hibari too." Her grin turns into a smirk, "I might prefer groping breasts more but I never said having a man for myself is bad. Let's slowly build up our relationship, Satou. Look forward to it."
She went to the windows and jump off, disappearing into the late of the night.
Yet, once again, Satou without actually doing anything raises up a flag with a second unexpected girl.
The next day, morning
"Good morning." Satou greeted the girls as he slid open the door to their classroom.
Asuka smiled upon the sight of her first male friend, "Good morning, Satou-kun."
Hibari waved, "Good morning, Satou-kun!"
Yagyu curved her lips a bit and nodded, "Good morning."
"Good morning, Satou-san." Ikaruga, as usual, greeted politely.
"Good mornin', big man." Katsuragi grinned seductively towards the young male but he didn't realize it due to his mood.
Silence came next. This is because the girls quickly noticed his good mood as he made his way to his seat. He was smiling, a big smile they've never seen before. They all were wondering what made him to be in such a good mood today while some came into their conclusions.
Yagyu found his smile to be very contagious, she can't help but smile herself. These days, she found herself staring at him more and more. Often at times, she would lose focus on the lessons on hand and just glance at him without turning her face. She also hold her punches a bit when she sparred with him. Just what was happening to herself?
He went pass Katsuragi and she caught on the scent she smelled last night. It was still there, perhaps he used the same products this day as well? Nevertheless, she grinned with many thoughts in her mind as to what to do with the poor little Satou.
He sat down on his seat and the one who broke the ice was Katsuragi, "What brought ya in a good mood today, Satou?"
He continued to smile, "Nothing; just had a good sleep at night."
Katsuragi grinned, "Ohoho? Did you have a wet dream last night?"
The girls eyed him curiously but he merely shook his head, "Nice try, Katsuragi-senpai but I said sleep not dream." He smiled and shrugged, "I just had a feeling today's going to be a good day."
'Me too.' Both Yagyu and Katsuragi thought.
End of the Chapter:
"Chains of Past, Redemption"
"Bonds, Real Relationships"
References:
[1] Hyoudou Issei, the protagonist of Highschool DxD. He has a fetish for boobs and if he is a girl with the same fetish, he and Katsuragi would have no difference other than their appearances.
[2] Kirby reference. I'm referring to the Gameboy's "Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland" in which Kirby venture the Dreamland to defeat King Dedede only to find out he was actually trying to save the land.
Subpar writing skills can only take you so far, amirite?
Wish-fulfillment fanfics are my guilty pleasure after all.
Well, I don't know how I did here but I feel like I totally ruined it all. I suck at writing, I know. The only times I would praise myself is when that story is purely driven by my peek blowing imagination and pure inspiration as well as pure motivation. Nevertheless, I was very satisfied with how I wrote this chapter as I tried to slowly progress the girls' relationships with the OC even if it feels rushed and crappy to an extent. Both Yagyu and Katsuragi had already their part, now left Asuka, Hibari and Ikaruga.
Who comes next, that's a secret.
You can only assume, boi.
Until then, the Hebijo Clandestine Elites are going to appear perhaps after two-three chapters and will feature a time skip.
And the things regarding Yagyu, I know she's OoC but with the influence the OC had on her, she'll be the same as she was in canon with a tad bit difference. Remember, the story starts before the Senran Kagura story actually started so they are different. OoC, I guess. I'm kinda regretting it but well, what can I do? I'm a no good author and if I'm motivated enough, I'll make a remake of this much like my "The World of Highschool DxD is Tough for Mobs". Until then, you just have to be patient with my stupidity.
That being said, thanks for reading. Leave a review please and if you haven't follow and/or favorite, do it if you want to or if anyone like the story though I doubt it. I really appreciate it nevertheless, very much so.
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See you on the next chapter.